The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-18

we were anxious and almost as fright
ened as though she had been robber.
Her face and arms and garments were
smeared with che streaming yelks and
whites of eggs we had thrown. Her
rage was something never to be for
gotten by those who saw and felt it.
She was a very muscular and coura-
/ geous woman. Selling long, green
hickory stick from the ground, she
screamed out:
"Oh, I'll pay youfo this, you young
villainsi''
eve -we-thought you was al
rob-robber,n stammered /.
ON show you what ami Don't tell
me any of your lies! You knew me!
know you did it on purpose, and I'd
have you arrested! / thought you weru
out robbing hen-roosts, and now /
know. But I'll pay you upr'
Without further ado Miss Matilda
began laying about her with the
hickory; and every blow hit some one.
Daring Dick and Fearless Frank were
bowling with pain before six blows had
fallen. A hurried retreat was made to
the darkest corner of the chamber, but
Miss Matilda was after us like an
avenging demon. Half of the boys
were screaming with pain. before we
had made a frantic rush for the en-
trance to the cave. Out we ran with
Miss Matilda after us. Our pots, pans
and kettles were left behind, as we
raced and rolled down the steep bluff
side, scratching and bruising ourselves
in our flight.
jeff and [ reached home in q sadly
demoralized condition. jeff had fallen
three times, and his nose was swollen
and bleeding. My back ached from
the effect of Miss Downey's blows. My
| clothes were torn, my face scratched.
Both of us had lost our hats. Our
parents and sisters were up, and
laughed themselves hoarse over our APP
pearance.
Bright and early the next morning
came Miss 'Tilda to our house, the
spirit of revenge and hatred high with
in her.
She wore the very dress she had
worn the night before, and had not
washed single stain from it or from
her face. Jeff and l believed she had
daubed on fresh supply and made out
q stronger case against us.
81 want you to see jest how I was
treated" she said to father. ''Aint l
purty-lookin' thing? Amt I any
claim to damages? And jest come out
and look at my marer'
We all went out. There stood our
ghost of the night before, the snow
white FLY, stained and smeared with
the contents of the broken eggs.
"Could she look any wuss if she'd
rolled and wallered in the whites and
yallers off eggs?" asked Miss Matilda.
No one was inclined to disagree with
this assertion. She looked like mon
stroys four-legged omelet. The yelk
OF an egg had effectually closed one
eye; another had filled her ear and
dried there; her tail was matted, her
name dangled in stiff streaks on her
neck.
I'm goin' to have big damages for
this!'' cried Miss Matilda, as she com
pleted the harmony of the picture by
Pumping herself on the egg-bespat-
tered horse. 81 know every boy en-
gagged in this outrage, and I'm goin'
to ride just so that every one of their
parents can see how I've been treated.
And pretty sight I am to go out on
Easter Sunday morningn'
How she was met by the other parents
l never knew, but am not aware that
she got any damages And this
was my last attendance upon egg
gatherings at Easter. My father never
after this gave his consent that my
younger brothers should indulge IN
such entertainments. L. Harbour,
tD YOUTHS Conepa,2jon